Echigo Beer Information

Background

Echigo Beer was the first microbrewery in Japan to form once the Japanese government had reduce the production capacity and licensing laws in 1993. Echigo Beer started a brewpub in 1995 and began selling their first beer, Ocean Beer, in October of the same year. Since then, Echigo Beer has grown in size and is now considered one of the largest in Japan and have won numerous awards around the world for their beers.

Echigo Beer : Main Lineup

The following are some of the beers we’ve had:

• Echigo Pale ale – A 5.5% beer with an IBU of 26.
• Echigo Stout – A 7% Irish style stout. With an IBU of 34, it is Echigo Beer’s most bitter beer.
• Echigo Weizen – A 5.5% wheat beer brewed using a traditional Bavarian recipe.
• Echigo Pilsner – Brewed using Saaz hops from Czech Republic that Echigo Beer grows themselves.
• Echigo Organic Farm Beer – Brewed using organic ingredient sourced from around the Echigo Beer area.
• Echigo Koshihikari Echigo Beer – Brewed using the Japanese koshihikari strain of rice from Niigata.
• Echigo Blonde – A 5.5% beer brewed using a British recipe that gives it a traditional aroma and taste.
• Echigo Red Ale – An 5.5% red ale based on an American amber ale recipe. Usually available from winter.
• Echigo White Ale – Brewed using a southern German recipe, this is more of a hefeweizen than their other weizen beer above.

Echigo Beer : Limited & Seasonal Lineup

The following are some of the limited and seasonal beers we’ve had:

• Echigo Always A White – A 5% witbier brewed with ginger as well as the usual adjuncts of orange peel and coriander. 
• Echigo Flying IPA – A 5.5% American IPA that “uses twice as many hops as usual” though what hops went into it is unknown at the time of writing.
• Echigo Rise Up IPA – A 6% IPA which was brewed originally alongisde with the Echigo Flying IPA though like that beer, what hops went into the making of it are unknown.
• Echigo Sometimes Brews – A 4.5% wheat ale that uses Nelson Sauvin from New Zealand, Amarillo, Mosaic, and East Kent Goldings

Details

• Address : 2 Matsuyama, Nishikan Ward, Niigata, 953-0016
• Phone : 0256-76-2866
• Homepage : https://echigobeer.com/
• Online store : https://shop.bourbon.jp/echigobeer
• Social Media : Facebook / Instagram

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